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Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures
Labor Day tribute: A salute to the legions who work holidays, late shifts
Hospital workers -- doctors, nurses, physician assistants, lab technicians, food service people and janitors work 365 days a year. Nurses...

Christene Meyers
Sep 1, 20224 min read


Happy New York Fourth of July, memorial, and a salute to global spirit
One World Trade Center is a remarkable homage to those whose lives were lost in the "9/11" terrorist attacks. A museum and a beautiful...

Christene Meyers
Jul 4, 20224 min read
New Year's tips in COVID times: For a fun, safe, virus-free 2022!
Bruce Keller and Christene "Cookie" Meyers off to board a Cessna for a fabulous tour around the island of Kauai, Hawaii.Entering the...

Christene Meyers
Dec 29, 20215 min read


Theater's Southern California comeback marks return to the boards
Celebrating a joyous return to live theater at San Diego Repertory Theater are, Bruce Keller and Christene "Cookie" Meyers, here before...

Christene Meyers
Oct 28, 20217 min read


Fox now ABT celebrates 90 years with grand re-opening this weekend
Finishing touches are complete as the Alberta Bair Theater, formerly the Fox Theatre, opens its doors once again. The 1931 building...

Christene Meyers
Sep 16, 20215 min read
Labor Day pandemic salute: Celebrating those who keep us afloat
Our taxi driver, Marcos, is a native New York taxi driver. He picked us up at JFK, drove us to Midtown, recommended a fine Italian...

Christene Meyers
Sep 2, 20214 min read
No place like home for the holidays; communicate, celebrate kindness
Bruce Keller and Christene "Cookie" Meyers are hunkered down, taking small domestic trips, keeping their passports at the ready as hope...

Christene Meyers
Dec 25, 20203 min read


Legoland - Some, not all, Southern California parks, zoos reopen for July tourism
Part of Legoland is open for business and family fun. The park's popular Sea Life Aquarium is reopened, and the rest of the park is...

Christene Meyers
Jul 3, 20204 min read


Tasty travel tips: how to find a good restaurant in a new town
A favorite breakfast of one perfectly over-easy egg on European grain bread, fruit, cheese, coffee -- yogurt and walnuts on their way --...

Christene Meyers
Apr 24, 20204 min read
Food glorious food -- sure cure for anxiety in Covid's troubled times
This produce stand in Bangkok also offered beautiful flowers for our hotel room -- and fruit for a midnight snack. This array of Dutch...

Christene Meyers
Apr 17, 20204 min read
Nora's legacy: love, laughter, joie de vivre and lessons to us humans
Cookie cuddles not quite year-old Nick and Nora, after a bath in Davis, California. They were born there, September, 2005 WHAT A DOG,...

Christene Meyers
Jan 31, 20206 min read
Love affair with dogs has long, proud history of travel, unabashed love
Nick, left, and Nora, dry off after a swim in their "Auntie Robbie's" pool, in spring of 2006. They were born in fall, 2005. Nora, left,...

Christene Meyers
Jan 10, 20204 min read


New year's happiness around the world comes in lights, locks, libation
New Year's Eve lights are spectacular in Bangkok, from the beautiful hotels and a dinner cruise on the Chao Phraya River. Times Square in...

Christene Meyers
Dec 27, 20194 min read
Holidays abroad: Let yourself go, invent, try something new
When in Tuscany one Christmas, we took a vineyards and wine making tour. These lovely casks are in a Greve winery. A Cuban Christmas...

Christene Meyers
Dec 20, 20194 min read


York's Castles and great houses beckon -- with a visit to York Minster
Castle Howard's grand entrance and courtyards hosted the wedding reception of a famed British singer Ellie Goulding to a Sotheby's art...

Christene Meyers
Dec 6, 20194 min read
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas as holiday shows debut
Soap star Eric Martsolf of "Days of Our Lives" soap fame headlines a zippy, pretty and nostalgic holiday show at Welk Resort Theatre,...

Christene Meyers
Nov 29, 20193 min read


Romancing into our dotage -- light the fire of romance after tragedy
Happy in Barcelona, taking a chance on love. NOT OLD, BUT BOLD, IN LOVE! DON'T LET THE CALENDAR STOP YOU FROM JOY Excited to be touring...

Christene Meyers
Sep 20, 20193 min read
Making friends around the globe: how travel brings people together
Friends from the UK, John and Sue Speight, visited Cookie and Keller in Montana, where we took them exploring. We met on a Southeast Asia...

Christene Meyers
Jul 12, 20194 min read
Magical Montana: Big Sky Country beckons road warriors
The approach to the place we cherish, tucked away in the Beartooths. "Montana has the kind of mountains I'd create if mountains were...

Christene Meyers
Jun 7, 20194 min read


John Wayne's Newport Beach yacht celebrates The Duke's legacy
The Wild Goose had a well traveled past when actor John Wayne bought it and made it his traveling hotel. Now, Hornblower Cruises invites...

Christene Meyers
May 17, 20194 min read
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